by L. Gail Irwin | Feb 9, 2025 | Sermons
Hebrew Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8 Gospel Reading: Luke 5:1-11 Have you ever woken up in the morning, or laid awake at night, with an overwhelming feeling of inadequacy – You go over the stupid things you said or did yesterday with regret You think about how your skill...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Feb 2, 2025 | Sermons
Scripture: Luke 4: 21-30 I am open, and I am willing, for to be hopeless would seem so strange, it dishonors those who go before us, so lift me up to the light of change. Holy One, light of change, touch my mouth and all of our hearts. Amen. I have to be honest that I...
by L. Gail Irwin | Jan 19, 2025 | Sermons
Scripture: I Corinthians 12: 4-11 It’s a bit surreal to have the inauguration of this particular new president falling on the same day we honor Rev. Martin Luther King tomorrow. The contrast between the visions of Dr. King and Donald Trump could not be starker. The...
by L. Gail Irwin | Dec 24, 2024 | Sermons
Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 All Through Advent we reflected on the different characters around Jesus’ birth: They lived in a culture with deep injustices and inequities Their nation had been conquered by other nations they had been exiled and then had to return and rebuild...
by Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel | Dec 22, 2024 | Sermons
Scripture: Luke 1:39-55 O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and move us from this world-ly spell. Our spirits cry in ex-ile here until the song of lo-ve appears. Rejoice, rejoice, Em-man-u-el for Love is com-ing no-w to dwell. I have to admit that I am feeling like I’m swinging...
by L. Gail Irwin | Dec 15, 2024 | Sermons
Written by L. Gail Irwin, Performed by Vicki Joan Keck Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary....
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